sakarlsson
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« on: August 14, 2009, 12:06:41 am » |
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Just the other day I was with some friends at "Roger i Dalum", outside of the Swedish small town of Ulricehamn. Roger is car scrapper, but is now retired. Retired or not, he still continues to sell out his pieces from cars of the 70's and 80's, buys some parts from shut down shops, and continues to be a regular at swap meets and other car parts markets.
I had no particular reason to dig into his piles because I had already asked him before if he had ever scrapped a Bagheera, and the answer was no.
Anyway, as it happens, my Bagheera is in desperate need of new headlights. So I thought that maybe I can find some lookalikes, or something - just to be be fitted temporarily. I asked the other guys to look for any square looking headlight, about the size of a hand.
Now, I just like to share my findings, it may be common knowledge, but I was to be really surprised.
After staring at, and dismissing, quite a few rectangular headlights (as you know, Volvo have had a long squarish period), I suddenly was holding in my hands something that struck a tone. I thought, these look like a pretty good match. I asked Roger from what kind of car it was. Fortunately Roger has an impressive car parts memory, and can often tell rather accurately what kind of car a certain relic is from.
In this case he could only tell that the lights were from a Renault. But I went thinking, French car + Square lights = worth a chance. 12 later got them with me back to Göteborg. Well at home, I immediately compared them to my Bagheera ones.
I was very pleased to find that it was not a close match, they were identical in shape! The only difference is that the Bagheera three point mounting screws are not compatible, but I should be able fix that.
My question is, what Renault model do think it is? My guess is Renault 12?
Cheers,
-- Anders
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